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(No Mod-el.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. P. W. SCHINDLER-JBNNY.

ELECTRIC GIGAR LIGHTER.

No. 548,396. Patented Oct. 22, 1895.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

F. W. SCHINDLER-JENNY. ELBGTBIG own LIGHTER.

No. 548,396 Patented Oct. 22, 1895.

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. Toad it may concern.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-FRlhlDRlCll lVlLilELM SGlIlNDLER-JENNY, OF KENNELBACH, AUSTRIA- f HUNGARY.

'- ELECTRIC clelia-LIGHTER.

i SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,396, dated October 22, 1896.

.ipncaun'nea mmm 19. 1894. seen No. 500,059. on modem Bamm n. mint-Hungary Im '1, 1893.110. 31,370 and A' No. 52,390; .in Switzerland June 16,1893. No. 6,829; ln France January 1-9, 1 894, N0. 235,637l in Belgium February 1, angestiegen, ma in Italy nach 31,1894. cxxvu, 35,706.

Be itknown that I, FRIEDRICH WILHELM i SCH'INDLE-Jlimvi?, a citizen of Switzerland,

residing at the city of -Kennelbach, near Bregenz, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain, 'ne\v--an d-us'eful. Improvements in Electric Cigar-Lighters, (for which have obtained Letters Patent in Australlungary,. No.

31,370 and No. 52,39), dated J une 7, 1893;' in Switzerland, No. 6,829,'dated J une 16, 1893;-

in France, No. 235,637, dated January 19,

, 1894; inBelgium, N 0.108`,35l,d ated February i, 1894., and in Italy cXXyII, eef/oefenen March 31,1894 and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description .of the invention, such as will Y"enable others skilled in the art .to which it appertains.

to make and` use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,"and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

` My present invention relates tothe application of the electric current to the lighting of cigars and cigarettes, and for other purposes.

Theinvention has the advantage of having the electric conductor applied to the lightingsurface, as hereinafter specified, in such manner that it is not exposed toA mechanical inlucnces through touching or contact therewith of the cigar or other object to be lighted or to have the heat imparted theretoysec-- -ondly,- the electric conductor can in case of Y` or consumption ofthe electrical energy, as the ,can bc'fcornpcsed of several thin heaters,'or

with two-or more heaters. In the first case the wire of platinum or the like to be made glowing or incandescent is taken of such a length that it opposes a properly strong resistance to -the electric current and can be fastened or connected direct to the conductor ,without burning.'V The second arrangement has for its object to limit the application of the glowing wire of platinnmor the like for lighting the cigars -tothe most needful size or quantity. 'For this purpose l place the platinum or wire in such small and special thin vheating-body, which contains just that length-of wire which is necessary to directly light the cigar. 4Inthe second heating-body, which can be composed of several thin heating-bodies and containedin a similar apparatris, I-bring or include `thewire necessary for reducing the current.4 This latter can be of a cheaper" material, since it. has only to serve the purpose of a shunt-resistance and needglot glow. The heat generated in the saine is utilized inthe operation of the lighter, .whichheat is absolutely lost when the resistance-wire is placed outside of the apparatus. Furthrmoreit is permissible to do this last, in whc case then only the smaller heatingbody remains with the glow-wire in the ap` paratus.

In thel accompanying drawings, Figure l represents the electric cigar-lighter' with n heating-body in front view. Fig. 2 is a vcrtical section on the line y yof Fig. l, looking in the direction ofthe arrow. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section .on the linea: :vof Fig. 2,.looked at in the direction of the arrow, with opened slide and partly-visible contact-spring. Fig. 4 is a vertical lsection through the electric cigar-.lighter with two heatingbodies,o which the heating-body, including or having the resistance-wire,-iscomposed of four parts. Fig. 5 is a'horizontal section through the electric cigar-lighter with the two heating-bodies.

The apparatus represented in Figs. l to 3 consists, broadly, of a heating body or substance d, made of insulating matcrial'and inclosed in a. metallic cap or case a or the like, which body d is provided with holes or apertures which are penetrated bythe electric conductor` c, preferably of platinum wire, which serves to generate heat. On the lighting-surface d of the heating-body d the electric conductor c is somewhat set back-that is, `sunk in small grooves, asseen in Fig.?-inl 'tallic cap or case a. The heat'tng-'bodyijdie bound with or embraced by two metal halfringsff, insulated from each-.other and provided with otsetu or cheekse e',and the same tho contact-spring p. -Y

nreclamped on the heating-body by means of insulated screws'r and nuts s. The cheeks e e' Serve, for one thing, t0 hold irm the heating# body d inthe metallic case a, and for this pur! pose rest in holders or carriers g'g' fastened' to the wall of thecaseaaudinsnlated therefrom, and for another thingvtheyserve forthc traue` mission of the main conductors hkhich come from the handle From th'e co'ndtictorh'thc current goes` by h', through t neulated'a'rm of the carrier g into theihalfring f, fromV there through the heat-wire c, which winds through or penetrates thevheating-body, and then into the half-ringf-fthenceintothearm of carrier or holder g whichlikewise is ineulatcd from the case qfandfthen by thecon-v doctor k' into thefsecoud-return `conductingwire k. f i' Y Since the heat-wire c is fas cned tothe two metal half-ringsff', whichare insulated from one anotherand which embrace thejheatin'gbody d aud'thelnetal half-ringsff' while their cheeks e e' rest in lthe carrieor'holdereg'g it is very simple to removetlteheating-body, together with its penetratrlglor.. 'terwoven wire c, merely by drawing thclcheeltisv e e'out cf thc holders g g', and, nally,{to mend or repair defects or injury in the heat-wire c by .\imply repairing or substituting another for it without in the least thereby injuring the heat-body (l. 1

The conductor h isbioken o'r interrupted in the handle i :it 1n andn, and contact can at any time be nmde'hy'pressurc on the contact-button o and its thereby-operated apring 1mm indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The handle i is provided witlta slide i', whose 0bject is to permit of attachment of wire h. and

investigation in case of 'possible defects ofv In Figs. t and 5 is represented an Ielectric cigar-lighter with two heat-bcdiesd and D, in vertical and horizontal section, of which the heating-body d is designed to'receive or hold the glow or incandescent wire c, while the lm'ger heat-body D receives the resistancewirc c'.. j l v 'A In order to facilitate the method of manufacture of the largerheatbody'D, which receives the long resistance-wire c and which 'cannot-so easily be made out of one piece, it is suitable, as shown in Fig; 4, tocompose the same outvof several thin overlying heat the wall of the case. v

Ybodice D D D D, in s'uch way that'their open;

like the other vsurrounded or embraced by two insulated meta-l half-rings F F', held t0- gether by insulated screws R and nuts S, and formed with the cheeks E E'` which'rest in the holders G G' fastened on the wall of the case a.- by arms H H. and insulated from the wall of the ease.A Similarly theheatingbody d, carrying the glow-wire c, is embraced 'by the metal half-rings ff', and so supported d' registerewitfthe opening a' of the cover b. vThe cheeks' c e' of the half-ringsff', insu'lated from eachother, rcst in holders@ g', the ,holder g being ou the arm' H, which is com-mon to lboth itxitnd' the holder G,"`wliich 'arm H is insnlatedly attached to the wall of or sent-ed that its lighting or igniting surface the case a, while the arm g" of the holder g' l for'the cheek e' is not insulated from the wall o f the case. The arm g, in thia` instance, is-fastenedto thewallwithout; i'usulation,for the `reattori that the case mayjserve as a. conductoi` for t-he .one pole h, Con's'e' quently the currentv of the conductorjh will pass by a pressure en the contact-button o th rougltthe epri'ng'p, screw m, metal connecti'ng-'strip m', and-wallet the case a, until it; roaches the ,uninsnlatedly-attached arm g",

and-from'v there on through the` holder. g', cheek e', half-ring F', andthe theretofattachcd glow-wire c, through whose wholele'ngth the current williow to the second half-ringf, from whence to .the cheek e, holder g on the common arm H, to holder G, cheek E on the metal half-'ring F, to reach the rcsistance-wire c', penetrating the larger heatbody D, and from which wire c it goes to the second metal half-ring F', cheek E', and holder G', and insu latedly-attached arm Il', to which the returnl conductor k is fastened at K.

Obviously'the conductorhcan bc connected with the holder g' directly without-making use of the wall of case a, and in which case the arm g' must be ineulatedly fastened to As a precaution against Contact; between the wires c and c or shortcircuiting between the wireS, it-is desirable to attach an insulating-strip q,-Fig. 4, between the heat'body d, carrying the glow-wire c, and the heat-body D, carrying the resistance-wire c', as wellas on the door or base of the case a. By means o f the arrangement of the heatbodies represented in Figs. 4 and 5 an ex change ofthe same is easily possible inprder to allow of possible repairs being easily made,

not only to the heat-body d, but also theheat" body D, by simply removing cap b-and lifting the heat-bodies out of their holders.

AIn usingv the electric ciar-iigihter, handlei is graspedby the handland contact-battono pressed withthe: tliuxnb.A whereby contact inA vplatinum wire connectedfwth'theconductors -with the )ignitingsuifaicefdf-otE thejnsulated:

- 4 land 5,' vijherein the two heatf'b ren't passiug'froxnthe heat-bodyDto the'heatbodyfd by accidental contact ofjthe' wires ot" the ltwo heat-bodies in the space Y'between the thewirfo'r {behest-body dni thewire which traverses thezheat bod'y D AfrnayA be of a cheaper or inferiorA wiregasthe-wire- 'a 'resistance-wire. In the form illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, howeverlthe" wiretreversing the heat-body d is preferably a 'platin'nnxS-wirqso wire; however,'is such that it wilt-co' A titute theresistance'as well as the glowr,w e f j -Un-A der both'fo'rms I am enabled togincloseor with the necessity of devices-or appliances separate and apart from the-fligh-ting pparatus for the purpose o sary resistance.

i have illustrated the Wires"'in the ;heat. bodiesof bot-h forment devices nslying loosely in the channels or openings through the heatbedy; but these wires may vbetmade to t snugly in the vchannels or openings, or after the wires have been passed through' the channels'or openings the chann'elscanbe filled in with suitable insulating material. 'In vstllthe instances it is desirable to 'employ en insnlst-v ing material which will notbe'softe'ned by the lieatot the wires, so as to guardagainst a short-circuiting.

A fi iilustreted in Figs. 4 and 5, the heatbodies can be removed from. the f ace o f the lighter after removel of the cap b, while under the form illustrated in Figs. Ito 'the h eatbodies can be removed through theback' of the cese e. by simply loosening the screwsp and removing Athe {Ming-cap fio', illustrated in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. It ispreferred to place a sheet of mica q on the' face ofthe fillingcsp u, next to the wire c, so as tc prevent short-circuiting by accidental contact of the E obtainingt aE-necesa wires with the filling-cap.

otherform's if-electric heating-bodies de signed for other uses, and I desireto cover the novel featu r'es Ato vi'hate ver particular use they are vadaptt'ad'fnd maybe applied in en electrifcallylieateda1iprtus Y ;LIhe dvanjtjage'ofnsing two separate heatbodies that a. costly conducting-wire, such nun'f'can'(be restricted to the. minimuchaslthiswirened only be used in"the sinllerhestfbody of Vtheme, 'whereas the lrgest part oftheA conductingwire used for A'rifa'sistnnce purposes may be of a cheaper inaterial. Again, if but one heat-bod y were used 't would be necessalrytomake it of such dinien'sions as:to-containinsufficient length of Vwire' aord the: necessary resistance,- vand thoiarger the heat-body themore het it nbserba, andponsequ'entllya .l'onger' time re` ".-q'nired to heatit 'andia ouger time re'qui red oifgstpcfor'-affording the Anecessary frglowing-part lfofjthe conductingwvire, inasf Vto. 'light the cigenvwlireas-if the. heat-body ,containing th 'lolwfwire is liliade smaller than ithe bod y'co'ntnining-the resistancewire it.will v beijnuchg more q uicklyheatedand the lighting of the cigar c tected in arnuch shorter period of tim'e.`-iFurthermore, bymaking vthe glow heatbodysmaller than the resistance-wire heat-body' it can-be m'addf a dierentmajterial, such as mica or theilike, whichwill -j'combine .thin'noss with strength, 'an d thus be Vca'pable of being'heated more quicklyand at. Vthe same timel'possess suficientstrength for durability. l. y

Havingdes'cribedfmy invention and set forth itsmerits, what I claim isn1. In an electricheater, the combination of two separate heat bodies eachprovided with parallel channels or openings extending through itv from the top to the bottomltvo separate conductors applicable' respectively to the'said heat bodi ternately from the to-to-the bottom and -vicc versa througlr'thesai channels or openings, and a case to receive the heat bodies with the poses described. i-

2.'.In-an electric inententhe combinationA Vwith tli'conductors'h k, oi .a heat body containing a glow 'conductor,` anda second hettt .bodyy containing djresistance conductor-in heat giving proximityther'eto, the conductors of' .the heat-bodies being in circuit with the conductors-hk, substantially as and for the purposes described. v

In `en electric heater` the combination with conductors vhk, .of 'a heat body containing a. glow conductor, and a second heat body containing a resistance conductorsnd placed under or back of `andepart from the other hea-'t body to leave a space between the two bodies, the conductors ofthe two heat bodies being in circuit with the condnctorshk, substantisily as andfor the purposes described.

4. I n an electricheaier,- the combination conductors, substantinliy as-nnd for l he pnr.

with a. caseor shell, of a heat body containing and running each nla .glow conductor, and a second heatb'ody of k, substantially as and 'for me purposes deiargerdmensiens containing aresif'ztancecon. scribed. Y Io du'ctor, thereby adapting sa'id bodies to con- In wtnesswhereof I have hereunto set my tain conductors of different materiale and one hand in .presence of two witnesses.

of said-bodies to be heated in less time than FRXEDRICH WILHELM SCHIXDLEi-JENY, n

like other and one removed from the case wth- Witnesses:

out the otherlthe conductors of the heat JULTUS A. BOURRY,

bodies being in circuit `with the conduttore h H. ROBE-AUP. 

